Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called for another Intifada on Monday,
this time aimed at supporting Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, who
initiated a mass hunger strike two weeks ago, the Ma’an news agency
reported.

The hunger strike is the Palestinian Authority’s latest ploy to
garner international sympathy in an attempt to bypass negotiations
with Israel and win UN recognition as an independent state.

At a rally in Gaza City, Haniyeh urged Arab and Islamic nations to
intervene and support detainees.

He called on ‘human rights groups’ to "break their silence" to free
all ‘Palestinians’ jailed in Israel. “Prisoners are our first
priority, and all Palestinians are behind them,” he stated.

On April 17, marking ‘Palestinian Prisoners Day,’ inmates launched an
open-ended hunger strike demonstrating, among other things, against
Israeli administrative detention, a policy used by the majority of
nations, including the United States, to temporarily hold suspected
criminals and terrorists without trial, based on classified
information

Palestinian Authority Prisoners Affairs Minister Issa Qaraqaa blamed
the Israeli government for failing to comply with prisoner demands,
alleging that Israel will be responsible for a “humanitarian
disaster.”